568 Pteridophyten. — Floristik u. Systematik der Phanerogamen. 



compadiim near Bewdley on dry, slightly calcareous, triassic sand- 

 stone. Hitherto it had only been recorded from damp calcareous 

 stations in Sutherlandshire and Derby shire. Another unex- 

 pected record is Andraea Rothii on similar sandstone at the low 

 elevation of 200 ft. A. Gepp. 



DOWELL, Ph., Distribution of ferns on Staten Island. (Proc. 

 Staten Island Asoc. Arts and Sc. I. 1906. p. 61—67.) 



Thirty-one species of Pteridophyta are listed from Staten Is- 

 land, New York, with notes on relative abundance and on distri- 

 bution. One of these receives the new name Dryopteris Clintoniana 

 (D. C. Eaton) DowelL Maxon. 



Anonymous. Some new Chinese Plauts. (Bulletin of Miscel- 

 laneous Information, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. No. 5. 1906. 

 p. 147—163.) 



This is a description of a number of novelties contained in a col- 

 lection of Chinese plants by E. H. Wilson. The new species are 

 as foUows: 



Clematis Faheri Hemsl. and Wils., C. hupehetisis Hemsl. and 

 Wils., Anemone (§ Euanemone) Wilsoni Hemsl., A. (§ Eiianemone) 

 MUlefolium Hemsl. and Wils., Michelia sinensis Hemsl. et Wils., 

 Schizandra piibescens Hemsl. and Wils., Cocculus heterophyllus 

 Hemsl. and Wils. (= C ? diversifolius Miq.), Berheris Wilsoni 

 Hemsl., B. verraculosa Hemsl. and Wils., B. (§ Mahonia Veitchiorum 

 Hemsl. and Wils., Podophyllum Veitchii\\ems\. and Wils., P. difforme 

 Hemsl. and Wils., Cardamine (§ Eucardamine Prattii Hemsl. and 

 Wils., Gordonia sinensis Hemsl. and Wils., Hosiea sinensis Hemsl. 

 and Wils. n. gen. et sp. iinica (genus novum Icacinacearum ex affi- 

 nitate Natsiati, a quo habitu vagante non volubili, inflorescentia 

 laxe cymosa^ floribus polygamis, petalis longe inflexis, nectarii squamis 

 carnosis rotundatis, filamentis filiformibus, stylis productis, embryone 

 aurantiaco crasso carnoso quam albumine tenui vix breviore, coty- 

 ledonibus ellipticis et radicula brevissima recedit) ; Meliosma Kirkii 

 Hemsl. et Wils., M. Veitchiorum Hemsl., Rhus Wilsoni Hemsl., Or- 

 mosia Hosiei Hemsl and Wils., 0. Henryi Hemsl. and Wils., Rosa 

 multihracteata Hemsl. and Wils., R. (§ Cinnamomeae) setipoda Hemsl. 

 and Wils., R. (§ Systylae) Sinowilsoni Hemsl., R. Moyesii Hemsl. 

 and Wils., Randia aciitidens Hemsl. and Wils., Pentaphragma si- 

 nense Hemsl. and Wils., Lysimachia Wilsoni Hemsl., Symplocos 

 Wilsoni Hemsl., Slyrax Veitchiorum Hemsl. and Wils., S. confusa 

 Hemsl., Alniphyllum megaphyllum Hemsl. and Wils., Vallaris grandi- 

 flora Hemsl. and Wils., Salix magnifica Hemsl. 



F. E. Fritsch. 



Battandier e t Trabut, Flore analytique et synoptique de 

 l'Algdrie et de la Tunisie. (Un vol. in-8" de 460 pp. Paris 

 et Alger, 1904.) 



Les auteurs ont r^sume dans cet ouvrage les descriptions de 

 leur Flore de l'Alg^rie, publice en 1889— 90 et 1895, sous forme 

 de tableaux dichotomiques, accompagnäs de quelques diagnoses de 

 familles et de genres. Le domaine 6tudid est en outre plus etendu, 

 puisqu'il comprend la Tunisie; de plus les Gymnospermes et les 

 Pteridophytes ont ete ajout6s. Apres 30 anndes d'explorations per- 



